(11015) Romanenko Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 September 1982 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Boris Ivanovich Romanenko (b. 1912) is a veteran of the group studying jet propulsion in Moscow in the 1930s. For many years he worked at the Lavochkin scientific production association. He participated in designing and launching automatic space missions for investigations of the moon, Venus, the earth and the sun.Naming citation (20050407/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Romanenko is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Romanenko is 2.68 au from the Sun and 2.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11015 |
| Provisional designation | 1982 SJ7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.16 km (#10,335 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.241 |
| Rotation period | 77.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.01 |
| Orbital period | 4.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 3.41 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.283 |
| Inclination | 6.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.897 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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